A variety of art, from elaborate painted landscapes to quaint figurines of polymer clay line the walls of Gallery 49 in Reading, Michigan. One thing unifies all of the pieces: each of their creators lives within 30 miles of the gallery. Gallery 49, which opened in 2009, is just one of the projects that ArtWorks, the Art Council of Hillsdale...
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Munn runs, gets none
“Why will a man strive for an impossible goal?” asked the Collegian in 1967. The article referred to the then-Associate Academic Dean of the college, Earle Harold Munn, who had just accepted the Prohibition Party’s nomination for President of the United States. Despite its near 100 year history, the party did not command even one percent of the national vote...
Making it up
Ad Liberty’s humble beginnings in the Simpson basement have since evolved into a worthy alternative to Thirsty Thursday. Hillsdale students founded the club in the fall of 2013. “We started the club because there weren’t really many comedy-oriented groups on campus,” said junior Alex Buchmann, the club’s leader. Regular attendee Luke Robson said that the club grew in popularity during...
Between the shades of gray
Some readers picked up “Between Shades of Gray” expecting to read a steamy romance novel, but instead they stumbled upon an emotional story of Lithuanian refugees that history forgot. Hillsdale alumnae Ruta Sepetys ’90, author of The New York Times best selling historical fiction novel, educated readers on the Baltic genocide with stories and experiences that have never been told....
Grads join Teach for America corps
“What can a white guy teach me about African American literature?” Josh Andrew ’14 faced this challenge when he walked into a class of fifteen African American high school seniors at Colby High School in Detroit. The seniors laughed when they saw that their teacher was a white man. Since September 2014, Andrew has taught English Language Arts and African...
A Penny for perfection
When Penny Proctor discovered she would graduate from Hillsdale College with a perfect GPA, campus erupted. Until 1977, only men had graduated with a 4.0 GPA, a barrier Proctor broke as a double major. Proctor heard the news from several faculty members as a student and was “shocked.” While not certain of the reason it took so long for a...
